What is bloatware? And how do I remove it?

I see this all over the forums about people removing the bloatware that CM (CyanogenMod) creates. What exactly is bloatware? What is it used for? Is it safe to remove it? How do I remove it, and what are the benefits of removing it?
Thanks for any and all help!

•LG Optimus V
•IHO BACKside CM7.2 (Jan. 10th, 2012 Build)

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"Bloatware" or "crapware" are usually extra apps that either manufacturer or carrier put on the phone. Mostly they're for making them some extra money.
There's no bloatware in CM ROM. It's built from AOSP and is pretty clean except for a few things like extra wallpapers ect but not bloatware imo.
Anyway to remove bloatware you'll need to be rooted as these apps are store in the system partition.

"Bloatware" or "crapware" are usually extra apps that either manufacturer or carrier put on the phone. Mostly they're for making them some extra money.
There's no bloatware in CM ROM. It's built from AOSP and is pretty clean except for a few things like extra wallpapers ect but not bloatware imo.
Anyway to remove bloatware you'll need to be rooted as these apps are store in the system partition.

Okay, thank-you!

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